Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: Politics, Policies and Practices in a Globalized Society

Dr. B. Gloria Guzman Johannessen is Professor Emeritus from California State University Pomona and is currently professor at Texas State University. With an academic background on literacy, intercultural bilingual education, and sociolinguistics her research focus is on sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, social justice, and faculty mentoring.

Introduction.- Part I: The Politics of Bilingual Education.- Mexico's Politics, Policies and Practices for Bilingual Education and English as a Foreign Language in Primary Public Schools; José Luis Ramírez-Romero, Ernesto Vargas-Gil.- Languages in Nigeria's Educational Sector: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives; Bobby Ojose.- Bilingual Education Policies in Colombia: Seeking Relevant and Sustainable Frameworks for Meaningful Minority Inclusion; Raúl Alberto Mora, Tatiana Chiquito, Julián David Zapata.- Part II: Teacher Preparation.- A Comparative Study of Bilingual Teacher Preparation Programs in California and Spain; Laura Alonso, Gemma Delicado, Francisco Ramos.- Politics and Policies Affecting Bilingual Teacher Preparation Practices in United States: A Tale of Two Programs; B. Gloria Guzmán Johannessen, Nilsa J. Thorsos, Gail Dickinson.- Part III: Culture Preservation and Identity.- Multilingual Education in Kenya: Implications for Culture Preservation and Transmission; Samuel K. Bore.- Puerto Rico's Cultural and Linguistic Realities: Search for National, Social, and Individual Identities; Nilsa J. Torsos.- Dual Language Teachers: An Exploration of Teachers' Linguistic Identities and Pedagogy in a U.S.-Mexico Frontera Dual Language Program; Brenda Oriana Aranda.- Part IV: Education of Language Minorities Populations.- Intercultural Bilingual Education in the Miskito Cost of Nicaragua; David C. Edgerton, B Gloria Guzmán Johannessen.- Is Globalization Revitalizing Indigenous and Minority Languages in Chile? Isabel Bustamante-López.- Part V: Bilingual Education at a Time of Crisis.- Saving the Children: The Challenges of Educating Refugee Youth; Aram Ayalon, Michal Ayalon.- Cambodia's Emerging Bilingual Education Programs - Success in a System in Crisis; Gail Dickinson.

"This well-presented and highly accessible volume will contribute to the literature on bilingualism and bilingual education from a globalized perspective, and will add depth to the limited focus on the subject in the current literature. It will be a welcome contribution to the literature on bilingualism and bilingual education for master and doctoral students, and will serve as an excellent reference for professoriate interested in these issues. ... fresh and appealing in its high level of accessibility and reader-friendliness." (Birong Huang, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 19 (2), 2020)